It's soooo cold!

<span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Right now it's -30 - not sure what the windchill factor is - but damned it's cold.</span></i></span><br /> <span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For December, this is cold - we normally see these temperatures in January!</span></i></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh well, good day to stay at the computer cleaning up the last of my books etc before I head to the Toronto Super Show. I will be in the Chrome Diva's Booth - I can't wait to finally meet Danni <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Stockley</span> who writes for the Busted Knuckle Chronicles...funny how the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Internet</span> allows people to work together for the common good - remotely and sometimes we never meet each other!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ali and I had worked together for 2 years before we got to meet!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you noticed the work that girl has done on our site! Holy Cow Bat Man - it is beautiful, clean, simple - easy to use....I am proud of her and what she is bringing this community by way of communication tools!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How many of you Alberta readers are going to go to the Red Deer Motorcycle show?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you enter in our on line show 'n' shine and are in the Pro Built, Garage Class or the Custom American or Metric classes and win the Red Deer Motorcycle Show Package - your ride just might end up featured in Revolution Magazine!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you haven't entered your bike in the Lucas Oils Custom Show Case you really should consider it. There's $10,000 up for grabs.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Westerner - the venue where the Red Deer Motorcycle Show is being held, has banned the Red & White and all "Illegal Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Colors" from being able to have exhibitor booths or a presence at the Red Deer Motorcycle Show - like many, many other cities and facilities across Canada - this practice is becoming common place.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What are your thoughts on the subject...I'd love to hear them!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We are up to 45 entries in the show 'n' shine! I'd love to see at least 100 in there so come on folks - we have great prizes up for grabs and really - in this cold weather - I want to look at bikes and day dream so help a girl out would yah?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/">www.beltdrivebetty.com</a> - is where the action is! Come join us - it's FREE!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Anyway, time to get back to work, I hope you have a phenomenal day - stay safe and warm...</i></span><br /> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Belt Drive Betty</span></b></i>

It's soooo cold!

Right now it's -30 - not sure what the windchill factor is - but damned it's cold. For December, this is cold - we normally see the...

Read more »

I must be missing something...

<span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am unsure of what it is I am doing wrong, but I must be doing something wrong...</span></i></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We have all of these fabulous prizes up for grabs in our <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/Motorcycle_Media/show-n-shine">FREE on line show n shine</a>.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Over $4,000 worth including event tickets, food and beverage gift certificates, free camping....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We have 31 bikes registered....I am unsure if people are having a tough time loading pictures, if we aren't offering the kinds of prizes you are interested in or what the problem might be.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Is the Internet Explorer Security Issue that is affecting hundreds of thousands of computers part of the problem? I have no idea - but I would love to....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you have registered your bike in the<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/Motorcycle_Media/show-n-shine"> show n shine</a> - thank you! Our sponsors thank you.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you haven't - is there a reason?</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Is there something I need to fix?</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Different prizes you would like to see?</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Talk to me - tell me what you want. Tell me what barriers you are facing to enter your bike...</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The sponsors of the prizes won't be back if they don't see results - so, tell me how I give them the results they seek - more bikes in the show 'n' shine....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In other news the new provincial sections of the web site are going in - it's been an interesting process to get here, but we are finally making the grade!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another couple of weeks and all of our components should finally be installed.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Come visit us at <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/">www.beltdrivebetty.com</a>, check out the show n shine, and become a member - it's free and we have wonderful events calendars a great newspaper and a ton of features for members to use....</span><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hope you are finding a way to stay warm...</span></i><br /> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></i> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Belt Drive Betty</span></b></i>

I must be missing something...

I am unsure of what it is I am doing wrong, but I must be doing something wrong... We have all of these fabulous prizes up for grabs in ou...

Read more »

What weather!

<span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Man this has been a cold hearted winter already and it hasn't even really begun yet.</span></i></span><br /> <span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Got a note from my mother inlaw in Montreal and they sure aren't having a very good time of it either.</span></i></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I guess I'd rather have the cold than rain and snow....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are now event tickets from 5 events to be given away in our show 'n' shine and if everything goes well we will have a few from out east in there soon too!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are some beautiful motorcycles in there folks. If you haven't checked them out - I invite you to.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyway - BDB Club cards are being made up for the subscribers to the hard copy and along with the list of businesses that card is good at they will begin going out in the mail on Thursday!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I look forward to having that monster job done very soon!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope where ever you are, you are staying warm...be safe</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Belt Drive Betty</span></b></i>

What weather!

Man this has been a cold hearted winter already and it hasn't even really begun yet. Got a note from my mother inlaw in Montreal and th...

Read more »

Some sad news...

<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was reading <a href="http://artbikerworld.wordpress.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ArtBiker</span> World's blog</a> and came across the fact that a woman I admired had died.</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was rather surprised that I had not heard on the news or in the news feeds...</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bettie Page passed away on December 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> - she had a massive heart attack and never regained consciousness. She was 85 years old.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bettie blazed the way for women to be proud of their femininity and sexuality, she was a favorite pin up girl and centre fold in the 50's - yet she was also a devout Catholic who believed that God dislikes promiscuity not sexuality....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rest in Peace Bettie - you will be missed by many but not forgotten.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also read something else of interest on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ArtBiker</span> World's Blog...</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tourists beware - NY City is cracking down on loud motorcycles....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://artbikerworld.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/weekend-pass-nyc-is-going-to-take-your-bike/">Read the article in his blog</a> - I'd love your take on things! My single biggest question is will tourists be ticketed and treated the same way? If so - YIKES!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have about 200 motorcycle events to update in the calendars so I had best get cracking...is feels like minus 30 today - a big improvement over the minus 42 it felt like <i>yesterday!</i></span><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have a safe and warm day, I'll yak at you all tomorrow.</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Belt Drive Betty</span></b></i>

Some sad news...

I was reading ArtBiker World's blog and came across the fact that a woman I admired had died. I was rather surprised that I had not h...

Read more »

The news today

<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well most of the news today about motorcyclists in Canada has to do with the Hells Angels and the big trials in Ontario.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It appears that at least one judge in Ontario feels they are a criminal organization and the top man - "Skinny" Ward is going to be going to jail, his sentencing will be in February. Check out the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/Motorcycle_Media/busted-knuckle-news-home/law-a-politics">Law & Politics </a>section of the Busted Knuckle News.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In other news one Mountie has been transferred to Ontario - one involved in the tasering of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski. In my opinion - and that's all this is is an opinion - Ontario really doesn't need another rogue cop. Although an inquiry found him not guilty - I feel his use of the taser - "shooting it" 5 times - was excessive use of force. But hey - that's just my opinion.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Again - you can read the article for your self in the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/Motorcycle_Media/busted-knuckle-news-home/law-a-politics">Law & Politics</a> section of the site.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/Motorcycle_Media/show-n-shine">Beat the PMS Blues On Line Show 'n' Shine</a> is gaining momentum!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our prize list is fantastic!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>$50 Gift certificates from:</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sirdar Pub - Sirdar BC</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Taylor Inn - Taylor BC</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Boutique of Leathers - Open Road Store</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Northgate Honda - Grande Prairie AB</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Forever Leather - Regina SK</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Loving Hands Family Restaurant - Kerrobert SK</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">HawgZotic - OCC Gear with Attitude - Langley BC</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Event Tickets:</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Toad Rock Rally - Two Tickets - Balfour BC</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pig 'n' Fin - Two Tickets & AIM Membership - Vancouver Island</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sly's Pig Roast- Two Tickets - Onoway AB</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bash in the Heartland - Two Tickets - Andrew AB</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">St Victor Boogie - St Victor SK</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Camping:</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Free night Riders Ranch - Kitchener BC</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Gift Packs:</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Grande Prairie Regional Tourism - Grande Prairie AB</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Motorcycle Tour Guide Nova Scotia</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mighty Peace Tourism - Berwyn AB</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Tattoo Gift Certificates:</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">$100 gift certificate - Demon Ink - Edmonton AB</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>People's Choice:</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The RideInn Touchless Power Sports Cover (Small shipping fee involved) -Mississauga ON</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>PLUS</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Red Deer Motorcycle Show Packages</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If your scooter isn't in the line up you need to get it entered by December 31st!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Come and join us - we'd love to have you!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's cold here - really cold....with the wind chill around 40 below.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tell me a story - tell me what you do to overcome the Parked Motorcycle Syndrome Blues....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Stay safe and warm</i><br /></span><br /> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Belt Drive Betty</span></b></i>

The news today

Well most of the news today about motorcyclists in Canada has to do with the Hells Angels and the big trials in Ontario. It appears that a...

Read more »